Tudor Monastery Farm
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- Publication date
- 2013-11-13
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- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Topics
- History, BBC, Farming, Tudor England
- Language
- English
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold go back in time to run a monastery farm exactly as it would have been in 1500, during the reign of the first Tudor king, Henry VII.
Episode one:
Ruth, Peter and Tom tackle the domestic tasks involved in running a
Tudor-era monastery farm, from lighting fires with flint to using a
tread wheel to fetch water from the well.
Date aired: November 13th 2013
Episode 2:
Ruth, Peter and Tom try their hand at Tudor-era wool production, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.
Date aired: November 20th 2013
Episode 3:
It's the height of summer and our farmers are carefully monitoring
cereal crops from which they'll make the staple foods of everyday Tudor
life - bread and ale.
Date aired: November 27th 2013
Episode 4:
The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated
their farmhouses. Ruth produces a wall hanging and Tom experiments with
the camera obscura for his portrait.
Date aired: December 4th 2013
Episode 5:
Ruth, Peter and Tom explore hospitality in Tudor England. With no
provision for the poor from the state, the monasteries played a key role
in providing welfare and charity for those in need.
Dated aired: December 11th 2013
Episode 6:
It's harvest time and the dissolution of the monasteries is on the
horizon. The team will be bringing in the barley and celebrating with a
feast, to give thanks for their bounteous crop.
Date aired: December 18th 2013
Info on dates aired from IMBD
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4103600/episodes?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1
Downloaded from Knowledge network:
https://www.knowledge.ca/program/tudor-monastery-farm
Ultimately from The BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03pmlbm
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